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Next Green Party of Canada leadership election
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The Green Party of Canada will hold a leadership election on an undetermined date.
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Elizabeth May was elected as the leader of the Green Party in the 2022 leadership election, while Jonathan Pedneault was ratified as co-leader in the 2025 co-leadership election.[1]
In the 2025 Canadian federal election, the Green Party won only one seat, one less than the previous election, receiving the party's worst popular vote since 2000. Its national vote share was 1.2%, a drop of 1.13 percentage points from 2.33% in 2021. The only seat secured was in the British Columbia riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands, where party leader Elizabeth May was re-elected. Meanwhile, co-leader Jonathan Pedneault failed to win in the riding of Outremont, coming in at 5th place.
After the election results were announced, Green Party co-leader May expressed her gratitude for once again earning the trust and support of voters in her riding, and voiced her hopefulness about the party retaining a seat in the context of a minority government. She acknowledged that although the Green Party's overall national performance was disappointing, with a historically low share of the vote, she remains committed to the importance of environmental and social justice issues and will continue to advocate for them in Parliament. May emphasized that an individual victory is not an endpoint, but part of a broader effort to advance national environmental policy and democratic reform. She also expressed openness to taking on a more active role in Parliament in the future.[2] On August 19, May announced her intention to resign as party leader.[3]
On the other hand, Green Party co-leader Pedneault expressed regret that the party had won only one seat and failed to gain broad support from voters. He acknowledged that the Greens had not achieved the breakthrough they had hoped for in this election. Pedneault stated that, as co-leader, he bore political responsibility for the outcome and thus chose to resign from his leadership position. He emphasized that this decision was not driven by personal disappointment, but by a commitment to responsible party leadership.[4]
Electoral system
In February 2024, party members were to vote on motions which, if passed, would have amended the party's constitution to implement a co-leadership model.[5] However, the proposed constitutional amendment was not voted upon due to disagreement within the party.[6] Before the 2025 federal election, the motion was brought up again and was approved on February 4, 2025, in a landslide.[7][8][9][10][11] Candidates can either put themselves forward as individuals or as a co-leadership team of two people. Members running on a joint-leadership ticket must not be of the same gender.
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Rules
To be eligible, a candidate:
- must complete a leadership contest application;
- must have been a member in good standing for at least three months at the end of the application period, unless their employment prohibited them from membership in a political party;
- must be eligible for election to the House of Commons; have no debt owed to the party;
- have no open litigation against the party;
- must be solvent;
- must not have participated in the writing of the campaign rules;
- must be "confirmed to be proficient in speaking and understanding speech in both official languages, such that they can carry out their duties in both languages", unless an Indigenous applicant;
- must have "not demonstrated a pattern, or committed a single egregious act, within reasonable recency, of evidenced and documented violations of the GPC members’ code of conduct, such as inciting or committing violence, racism or abuse";
- has not engaged in a pattern of public advocacy of "positions contrary to the Global Green Principles".[12]
All Party members age 14 and older were eligible to vote.[13]
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